Species Use Database

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Dive into the database and discover which species are being used, where and how.
What is it being used for? Is the use sustainable?
Is the species in use threatend with extinction?

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Target species scientific name Common name(s) Geographic location IUCN Red List status Purpose(s) of end use Practice of use Record considered ecologically sustainable / unsustainable Publication date Entered
Amazona auropalliata Yellow nape Amazon parrot, Lora nuca amarilla Nicaragua
CR
Critically Endangered
 Keeping/companionship/display Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2008 1 year 5 months ago
Tillandsia xerographica Tillandsia - bromeliad, Gallito, Clavel del Aire Guatemala
Keeping/companionship/display Cultivation Yes, considered sustainable 2008 1 year 5 months ago
Dioon edule Chamal Mexico
NT
Near Threatened
 Food and feed, Decorative and aesthetic Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2008 1 year 5 months ago
Lepidochelys olivacea Olive ridley Costa Rica
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression Collecting or harvesting parts or products from wild animals (e.g., eggs, wild honey, vicuna fibre) Yes, considered sustainable 2019 2 years 3 months ago
Ceratozamia mirandae cycad Mexico
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Keeping/companionship/display, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Conservation Management Cultivation Yes, considered sustainable 2008 1 year 5 months ago
Carnegiea gigantea sahuaro Mexico
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Energy, Keeping/companionship/display, Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2008 1 year 5 months ago
Octopus maya Maya octopus Mexico
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2019 2 years 3 months ago
Odocoileus virginianus White-tailed deer Mexico
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2021 2 years 4 months ago
Swietenia macrophylla Big leaf mahogany Mexico
VU
Vulnerable
 Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction Logging and/or Wood Harvesting No, sustainability not determined 2022 2 years 4 months ago
Ovis canadensis Bighorn Sheep Mexico
LC
Least Concern
 Collection/display, Recreation, Other -- Monetary Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2019 8 months 1 week ago
Euphorbia antisyphilitica Candelilla Mexico
LC
Least Concern
 Materials and construction, Other -- Monetary Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2022 7 months 3 weeks ago
Phocoena sinus Vaquita Mexico
CR
Critically Endangered
 Other -- Monetary Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources No, sustainability not determined 2022 7 months 3 weeks ago